A. Seshadri Sekhar, professor and head of the department of mechanical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, will be the new Director of IIT-Palakkad, following President Droupadi Murmu’s approval of the recommendation by the Ministry of Education to appoint new directors to eight IITs in the country.
The five-year tenure of outgoing Director P.B. Sunil Kumar ended a few months ago, and he was on extension till the appointment of the new director on Monday, said sources.
Mr. Sekhar received his BE degree from the College of Engineering, Andhra University; ME from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru; and Ph.D from IIT Madras. He was a Humboldt Fellow at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany.
